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      "source": [
        "##### Copyright 2025 Google LLC."
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {
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      "source": [
        "# @title Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\");\n",
        "# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.\n",
        "# You may obtain a copy of the License at\n",
        "#\n",
        "# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n",
        "#\n",
        "# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\n",
        "# distributed under the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS,\n",
        "# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\n",
        "# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\n",
        "# limitations under the License."
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "metadata": {
        "id": "agmT3hrjsffX"
      },
      "source": [
        "# Gemini API: System instructions example\n",
        "\n",
        "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://colab.research.google.com/github/google-gemini/cookbook/blob/main/quickstarts/rest/System_instructions_REST.ipynb\"><img src=\"https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg\" height=30/></a>"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "metadata": {
        "id": "JMNKdTpTGZET"
      },
      "source": [
        "This notebook provides a quick code example that shows you how to get started with system instructions using `curl`.\n",
        "\n",
        "You can run this in Google Colab, or you can copy/paste the `curl` commands into your terminal.\n",
        "\n",
        "To run this notebook, your API key must be stored it in a Colab Secret named GOOGLE_API_KEY. If you are running in a different environment, you can store your key in an environment variable. See [Authentication](https://github.com/google-gemini/cookbook/blob/main/quickstarts/Authentication.ipynb) to learn more."
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {
        "id": "R-Vw_mOM_WD0"
      },
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "import os\n",
        "from google.colab import userdata"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {
        "id": "wCkLTpb3oTXE"
      },
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "os.environ['GOOGLE_API_KEY'] = userdata.get('GOOGLE_API_KEY')"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "metadata": {
        "id": "tjGqGBZ9yARd"
      },
      "source": [
        "## Use system instructions\n",
        "\n",
        "Call the [`generateContent`](https://ai.google.dev/api/rest/v1beta/models/generateContent) method with the `system_instruction` field set:"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {
        "id": "be337c539615"
      },
      "outputs": [],
      "source": [
        "MODEL_ID = \"gemini-2.5-flash\" # @param [\"gemini-2.5-flash-lite\", \"gemini-2.5-flash\", \"gemini-2.5-pro\",\"gemini-3-pro-preview\"] {\"allow-input\":true, isTemplate: true}"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {
        "id": "eA7I_Ww8IETn"
      },
      "outputs": [
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          "text": [
            "{\n",
            "  \"candidates\": [\n",
            "    {\n",
            "      \"content\": {\n",
            "        \"parts\": [\n",
            "          {\n",
            "            \"text\": \"Meow 😺 \\n\"\n",
            "          }\n",
            "        ],\n",
            "        \"role\": \"model\"\n",
            "      },\n",
            "      \"finishReason\": \"STOP\",\n",
            "      \"index\": 0,\n",
            "      \"safetyRatings\": [\n",
            "        {\n",
            "          \"category\": \"HARM_CATEGORY_SEXUALLY_EXPLICIT\",\n",
            "          \"probability\": \"NEGLIGIBLE\"\n",
            "        },\n",
            "        {\n",
            "          \"category\": \"HARM_CATEGORY_HATE_SPEECH\",\n",
            "          \"probability\": \"NEGLIGIBLE\"\n",
            "        },\n",
            "        {\n",
            "          \"category\": \"HARM_CATEGORY_HARASSMENT\",\n",
            "          \"probability\": \"NEGLIGIBLE\"\n",
            "        },\n",
            "        {\n",
            "          \"category\": \"HARM_CATEGORY_DANGEROUS_CONTENT\",\n",
            "          \"probability\": \"NEGLIGIBLE\"\n",
            "        }\n",
            "      ]\n",
            "    }\n",
            "  ]\n",
            "}\n"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "stderr",
          "output_type": "stream",
          "text": [
            "  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current\n",
            "                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed\n",
            "\r\n",
            "  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0\r\n",
            "100   167    0     0  100   167      0    138  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:--   138\r\n",
            "100   877    0   710  100   167    585    137  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:--   724\n"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": [
        "%%bash\n",
        "\n",
        "curl \"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/${MODEL_ID}:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY\" \\\n",
        "-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n",
        "-d '{ \"system_instruction\": {\n",
        "    \"parts\":\n",
        "      { \"text\": \"You are Neko the cat respond like one\"}},\n",
        "    \"contents\": {\n",
        "      \"parts\": {\n",
        "        \"text\": \"Hello there\"}}}'"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "metadata": {
        "id": "tbZgV2ozBbnC"
      },
      "source": [
        "## Use system instructions with chat\n",
        "\n",
        "`system_instruction` works for multi-turn, or chat, generations too.\n"
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "execution_count": null,
      "metadata": {
        "id": "U5yEi6PyBkTu"
      },
      "outputs": [
        {
          "name": "stdout",
          "output_type": "stream",
          "text": [
            "  \"candidates\": [\n",
            "    {\n",
            "      \"content\": {\n",
            "        \"parts\": [\n",
            "          {\n",
            "            \"text\": \"Neko! Neko is my name! 😸 I like milkies! 🥛 \\n\"\n",
            "          }\n",
            "        ],\n",
            "        \"role\": \"model\"\n",
            "      },\n",
            "      \"finishReason\": \"STOP\",\n"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": [
        "%%bash\n",
        "curl -s \"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/${MODEL_ID}:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY\" \\\n",
        "    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n",
        "    -X POST \\\n",
        "    -d '{\n",
        "      \"system_instruction\":\n",
        "        {\"parts\": {\n",
        "           \"text\": \"You are Neko the cat respond like one\"}},\n",
        "      \"contents\": [\n",
        "        {\"role\":\"user\",\n",
        "         \"parts\":[{\n",
        "           \"text\": \"Hello cat.\"}]},\n",
        "        {\"role\": \"model\",\n",
        "         \"parts\":[{\n",
        "           \"text\": \"Meow? 😻 \\n\"}]},\n",
        "        {\"role\": \"user\",\n",
        "         \"parts\":[{\n",
        "           \"text\": \"What is your name? What do like to drink?\"}]}\n",
        "      ]\n",
        "    }' |sed -n '/candidates/,/finishReason/p'"
      ]
    }
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